Speaker For 60's Lafayette/Univox amp

I just picked up an old '60's Univox bass amp, branded Lafayette. It brought back memories, having used these back in the day. Separate head & cab, 2-6L6's for power tubes, 15" non-original speaker. Amp works great (obviously not a great bass amp, but nice guitar tones). I can't tell what the speaker is, no markings of any kind, but it doesn't sound very good, while the head sounds great through other 15" cabs I have.
What would be a nice replacement speaker for it, obviously it doesn't have to handle a lot of power, and I'd rather not spend too much for it.

Jensen still makes speakers. I don't think they do much geared for bass thoigh. The Beta would make a nice little bass rig out of it for $79-$89. Offered up the other options in case he wants to go both ways, sort of all-purpose. Meaning sound pretty good on bass and still have guitar top end.

Call the guys at Weber. For about C-note, they can set you up with a period-correct clone of the speaker that would have been in there (Jensen, Oxford or whatever).

Their vintage replicas are much closer than the current Jensen-branded "reissues" that are floating around, and they sound great. Alnico or Ceramic, smooth or pleated paper, proper coil former, all that stuff.

They can also give you advice on upgrades (ie; same speaker but with a little bigger voice coil, or move up a higher model from that period), usually at minimal extra cost.

I've actually been looking at Jensen MOD series tens to make a cheap guitar cab with, Jensen certainly makes 15s still. I know they've got one in the MOD series that sells for like 100 or maybe 150 bucks. I wouldn't use it for a live-show bass amp, but it could probably do guitar well and be suitable for bass in minimal volume applications like recording.

Call the guys at Weber. For about C-note, they can set you up with a period-correct clone of the speaker that would have been in there (Jensen, Oxford or whatever).

Their vintage replicas are much closer than the current Jensen-branded "reissues" that are floating around, and they sound great. Alnico or Ceramic, smooth or pleated paper, proper coil former, all that stuff.

They can also give you advice on upgrades (ie; same speaker but with a little bigger voice coil, or move up a higher model from that period), usually at minimal extra cost.

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^ I just saw this, I've also been looking at Weber stuff, do you know anything about their guitar oriented speakers - particularly the signature series - and how they compete with Jensen MODs?

Didn't consider Weber, but, they don't offer any real specs on their speakers, so you've no idea what you'd be getting. They maybe do a pretty good clone of the old Jensens, which means it'll probably sound great with guitar and won't be worth a damn for bass.

Didn't consider Weber, but, they don't offer any real specs on their speakers, so you've no idea what you'd be getting. They maybe do a pretty good clone of the old Jensens, which means it'll probably sound great with guitar and won't be worth a damn for bass.

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They do much more than just Jensen. And they have models with larger voice coils, etc. But still, pretty much everything they do is vintage in nature. No high x-max models to compete with 3015's, etc.

in the guitar world Webers are highly regarded for getting the vintage correct and upgraded vintage sounds. That is, if you're shooting for just guitar use w/that amp. Otherwise I'll also cast my vote for either the Emi Beta or a PV Scorpion for bass.

Call the guys at Weber. For about C-note, they can set you up with a period-correct clone of the speaker that would have been in there (Jensen, Oxford or whatever).

Their vintage replicas are much closer than the current Jensen-branded "reissues" that are floating around, and they sound great. Alnico or Ceramic, smooth or pleated paper, proper coil former, all that stuff.

They can also give you advice on upgrades (ie; same speaker but with a little bigger voice coil, or move up a higher model from that period), usually at minimal extra cost.